Environmental Impact Assessment of the Davis Sewage Outfall
Untreated, macerated wastewater effluent has been discharged to the sea at Davis Station since 2005, when the old wastewater treatment infrastructure was removed. This environmental assessment was instigated to guide the choice of the most suitable wastewater treatment facility at Davis. The assessm...
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Untreated, macerated wastewater effluent has been discharged to the sea at Davis Station since 2005, when the old wastewater treatment infrastructure was removed. This environmental assessment was instigated to guide the choice of the most suitable wastewater treatment facility at Davis. The assessment will support decisions that enable Australia to meet the standards set for the discharge of wastewaters in Antarctica in national legislation (Waste Management Regulations of the Antarctic Treaty Environmental Protection Act - ATEP) and to meet international commitments (the Madrid Protocol) and to meet Australia's aspirations to be a leader in Antarctic environmental protection. The overall objective was to provide environmental information in support of an operational infrastructure project to upgrade wastewater treatment at Davis. This information is required to ensure that the upgrade satisfies national legislation (ATEP/Waste Management Regulations), international commitments (the Madrid Protocol) and maintain the AAD's status as an international leader in environmental management. The specific objectives were to: 1. Wastewater properties: Determine the properties of discharged wastewater (contaminant levels, toxicity, microbiological hazards) as the basis for recommendations on the required level of treatment and provide further consideration of what might constitute adequate dilution and dispersal for discharge to the nearshore marine environment 2. Dispersal and dilution characteristics of marine environment: Assess the dispersing characteristics of the immediate nearshore marine environment in the vicinity of Davis Station to determine whether conditions at the existing site of effluent discharge are adequate to meet the ATEP requirement of initial dilution and rapid dispersal. 3. Environmental impacts: Describe the nature and extent of impacts to the marine environment associated with present wastewater discharge practices at Davis and determine whether wastewater discharge practices have adversely affected the local environment. 4. Evaluate treatment options: Evaluate the different levels of treatment required to mitigate and/or prevent various environmental impacts and reduce environmental risks. |
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STARK, JONATHAN SEAN (hasPrincipalInvestigator) STARK, JONATHAN SEAN (processor) RIDDLE, MARTIN J. (hasPrincipalInvestigator) SNAPE, IAN (hasPrincipalInvestigator) KING, CATHERINE K. (hasPrincipalInvestigator) Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher) |
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Environmental Impact Assessment of the Davis Sewage Outfall |
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Environmental Impact Assessment of the Davis Sewage Outfall |
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Environmental Impact Assessment of the Davis Sewage Outfall |
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Environmental Impact Assessment of the Davis Sewage Outfall |
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Environmental Impact Assessment of the Davis Sewage Outfall |
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environmental impact assessment of the davis sewage outfall |
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Australian Antarctic Data Centre |
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Antarctic The Antarctic Davis Station Davis-Station |
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ftands:oai:ands.org.au::700837 2023-05-15T13:46:58+02:00 Environmental Impact Assessment of the Davis Sewage Outfall STARK, JONATHAN SEAN (hasPrincipalInvestigator) STARK, JONATHAN SEAN (processor) RIDDLE, MARTIN J. (hasPrincipalInvestigator) SNAPE, IAN (hasPrincipalInvestigator) KING, CATHERINE K. (hasPrincipalInvestigator) Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher) Spatial: northlimit=-68.51921; southlimit=-68.65507; westlimit=77.85883; eastLimit=78.08167; projection=WGS84 Temporal: From 2009-11-01 to 2010-03-31 https://researchdata.ands.org.au/environmental-impact-assessment-sewage-outfall/700837 https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/DAVIS_STP http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536 unknown Australian Antarctic Data Centre https://researchdata.ands.org.au/environmental-impact-assessment-sewage-outfall/700837 10b7e7ec-e094-4790-95de-34073385ec49 DAVIS_STP https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/DAVIS_STP http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536 Australian Antarctic Data Centre biota environment oceans CONTAMINANT LEVELS/SPILLS EARTH SCIENCE HUMAN DIMENSIONS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS SEWAGE DISPOSAL SEDIMENT COMPOSITION MARINE SEDIMENTS SEDIMENTARY TEXTURES NUTRIENTS OCEAN CHEMISTRY ORGANIC CARBON STABLE ISOTOPES TRACE ELEMENTS OCEAN CURRENTS OCEAN CIRCULATION WATER TEMPERATURE OCEAN TEMPERATURE SALINITY/DENSITY OCEAN CONTAMINANTS WATER QUALITY ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY RAY-FINNED FISHES BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES FISH CRUSTACEANS ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES ARTHROPODS AMPHIPODS OSTRACODS ISOPODS FLATWORMS/FLUKES/TAPEWORMS ROUNDWORMS PRIAPULANS SEA PENS CNIDARIANS ANTHOZOANS/OCTOCORALS SEA ANEMONES ANTHOZOANS/HEXACORALS SEA STARS ECHINODERMS SEA URCHINS BRITTLE/BASKET STARS GASTROPODS MOLLUSKS BIVALVES BRISTLE WORMS SEGMENTED WORMS (ANNELIDS) SPONGES SEA SQUIRTS TUNICATES BACTERIA/ARCHAEA RED ALGAE PLANTS MACROALGAE (SEAWEEDS) DIATOMS MICROALGAE BROWN ALGAE GREEN ALGAE EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC COASTAL MARINE ECOSYSTEMS CHELICERATES BIODIVERSITY FUNCTIONS BIOSPHERE ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS COMMUNITY DYNAMICS FOOD-WEB DYNAMICS ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS TOXICITY LEVELS ECOTOXICOLOGY COMMUNITY STRUCTURE sewage outfall sewage treatment BONGO NETS CURRENT METERS NISKIN BOTTLES SEDIMENT CORERS SEDIMENT TRAPS WATER BOTTLES GILLNETS QUADRATS CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA GEOGRAPHIC REGION > EASTERN HEMISPHERE POLAR VERTICAL LOCATION > SEA FLOOR dataset ftands 2020-01-05T21:18:05Z Untreated, macerated wastewater effluent has been discharged to the sea at Davis Station since 2005, when the old wastewater treatment infrastructure was removed. This environmental assessment was instigated to guide the choice of the most suitable wastewater treatment facility at Davis. The assessment will support decisions that enable Australia to meet the standards set for the discharge of wastewaters in Antarctica in national legislation (Waste Management Regulations of the Antarctic Treaty Environmental Protection Act - ATEP) and to meet international commitments (the Madrid Protocol) and to meet Australia's aspirations to be a leader in Antarctic environmental protection. The overall objective was to provide environmental information in support of an operational infrastructure project to upgrade wastewater treatment at Davis. This information is required to ensure that the upgrade satisfies national legislation (ATEP/Waste Management Regulations), international commitments (the Madrid Protocol) and maintain the AAD's status as an international leader in environmental management. The specific objectives were to: 1. Wastewater properties: Determine the properties of discharged wastewater (contaminant levels, toxicity, microbiological hazards) as the basis for recommendations on the required level of treatment and provide further consideration of what might constitute adequate dilution and dispersal for discharge to the nearshore marine environment 2. Dispersal and dilution characteristics of marine environment: Assess the dispersing characteristics of the immediate nearshore marine environment in the vicinity of Davis Station to determine whether conditions at the existing site of effluent discharge are adequate to meet the ATEP requirement of initial dilution and rapid dispersal. 3. Environmental impacts: Describe the nature and extent of impacts to the marine environment associated with present wastewater discharge practices at Davis and determine whether wastewater discharge practices have adversely affected the local environment. 4. Evaluate treatment options: Evaluate the different levels of treatment required to mitigate and/or prevent various environmental impacts and reduce environmental risks. Dataset Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Research Data Australia (Australian National Data Service - ANDS) Antarctic The Antarctic Davis Station ENVELOPE(77.968,77.968,-68.576,-68.576) Davis-Station ENVELOPE(77.968,77.968,-68.576,-68.576) ENVELOPE(77.85883,78.08167,-68.51921,-68.65507) |